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Originally Posted by delphidb96
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OK, I purchased the eCaddy, and here's my take on it. I've only had it for two days now, so anything I say is very tentative. I was initially disappointed, because the brown case would not fit length-wise into the case. Removing the unit and trying it alone proved too LOOSE a fit...the unit is not large enough, and wasn't held tightly. What I did to fix this was take the pinkish envelope that the Cybook ships in, tuck that into the deeper half of the eCaddy case, then put the bare unit into it. It fit very snuggly! My disappointment began to disappear. Now I realized that not only would I be able to carry the Cybook in this case, but since the fit was so snug, I could actually just leave it in there all the time, in place of the brown case. The only buttons that are really easily available are the main control buttons on the front of the unit, but that is not a big deal to me since that covers most functions I need. The unit has to be pried out to access the power on/off button, and I do this very gingerly, not wanting to stress any part of the Cybook and cause another screen break, but so far it's been easy enough, I don't apply pressure anywhere where there is glass, and the pressure I do apply to get the unit out of the case is very slight. Mostly, though, I just keep it in the case. I put the cover on for travel, and take it off and hold the open half with the Cybook in it and just read like that. It has plenty of protection with the metal case, and I am no longer afraid of touching anything because all I really touch (except to get to the power on/off button) is the metal case itself, and of course the navigation buttons. So...all in all so far I am pretty pleased with this. There is a bit more weight than using the brown case (which I've now simply put aside and don't use anymore), but not that much more, and yet a lot more protection. I'll keep my fingers crossed and post if there should be another screen break, which I surely hope there will not be
